• Active 20-30 U.S. & Canada is an international service organization, made up of people in their 20s and 30s who have a passion for improving the lives of children in their communities. These emerging leaders serve local kids through hands-on work and fundraising.

    Active 20-30 has a rich history of serving our communities and developing leaders through various volunteer efforts. It began by realizing a need that wasn't being served by existing service organizations. It has evolved with our members and with the times, creating some fun-filled traditions along the way.

  • Objectives

    To develop members, by precept and example, into a more intelligent, aggressive and serviceable citizenship, and to create in them a desire to participate actively in civic and welfare work in their respective communities;

    To create in every member a personal desire for knowledge and self-improvement, and to develop trust, friendship and understanding between people in their professional and social activities;
    To provide a practical means of forming enduring friendships and good-will among its members in their communities, their country and throughout the world;

    To hold and promote entertainment, instructions, programs and social gatherings in and for the furtherance of the purposes of "Active 20-30 United States & Canada".

    Mission

    Providing young adults an opportunity for personal growth, friendships, and leadership development while improving the quality of life for the underserved children in our communities.

    Motto

    Youth, to be served, must serve.

    Slogan

    One never stands so tall as when kneeling to help a child.

  • With the productive years of my life before me, with ambitions and ideals to be realized, I accept the following principles necessary in their attainment:

    • To show proper appreciation for my community, and to do everything in my power for its growth and development;

    • To recognize that friendship is reciprocal and that friendly cooperation is the foundation of society;

    • To offer sincere service to Active 20-30 and to fulfill to the best of my ability any task that the organization my assign me;

    • To recognize the intrinsic worth of the objects of Active 20-30 which are the development, by precept and example of a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship, providing of a practical means of forming enduring friendships, of rending altruistic service and building better communities.

  • "Stand Up"

  • In accepting an Active 20-30 Club and issuing a charter, the Active 20-30 United States & Canada vests in that club all rights, privileges and authority of an affiliated Active 20-30 Club and by the acceptance of a charter has assumed all obligations imposed by the National Bylaws and National Policies. These may be briefly summarized:

    • To create new Active 20-30 Clubs and to supervise existing clubs;

    • To maintain a cross section of members and a balance in the age bracket between 20 to 40 years of age;

    • To hold regular meetings;

    • To be represented at all National Conventions;

    • To pay Active 20-30 United States & Canada for each and every member per capita tax paid annual on July 1st and pay pro-rated dues for each new member along with a new member fee;

    • To maintain the Active 20-30 plan of organization and submit regular reports as required by the National organization.

  • In 1981, a proposal was put forth to the membership to allow for National Associations in Active 20-30 International. In 1982, the Active 20-30 United States and Canada, Inc., was formed with its National office in the building owned by Active 20-30 U.S. & Canada on 1915 I Street, Sacramento, California. Arnie Krogh of Sacramento served as its first National President.

    In the late 1980s women officially became members of Active 20-30 U.S. & Canada. 1988 was the year that the women in the Orange County (CA) Auxiliary petitioned the National Organization to become the first women's club in the Active 20-30 organization. This request was approved and from that day forward women were officially full-fledged members of Active 20-30 United States & Canada. They were followed by Southern Arizona #1027 / Valley of the Sun #1028 / Redwood Empire #1029 / Gold Country #1030 / Sacramento Evening #1031 (co-ed) / Greater Sacramento #1032 and Gold Rush #1034.

  • In the beginning, there was but one club and it operated much as it pleased because it was just a local proposition. However, as Active 20-30 began to expand and the number of clubs increased, it was necessary to form some kind of central controlling body for the following purposes:

    • To plan and direct a definite program of expansion;

    • To form an enforcement body to assure all clubs that every club was meeting the basic requirements;

    • To establish a central clearing house where the best ideas and thought originating in the various clubs might be disseminated and made available for the use of all clubs.

  • Each year at the annual convention, club delegates elect officers who adopt or reject throughout the following year various laws and policies for the general welfare of Active 20-30 United States & Canada. Thus, the National Association is not a superior body which dictates to the club, but is the machinery set up to carry out the wishes and desires to each club and every member. The National Association is not a body forced upon each club; it is the correlation of the force and power of all Active 20-30 Clubs and their members.